In the leaked conversation, Humphrys could be heard asking Sopel: “How much of your salary you are prepared to hand over to Carrie Gracie to keep her?”
Earlier this week, Humphrys referred to the backlash after the leaked conversation as “preposterous”.
When an audience member at Cheltenham asked Humphrys, referring to Gracie, if he is a misogynist, he said: “That is an offensive question.
He added: “I think that is just plain wrong and the next one just has to be in my view.”